The second volume in the Grand Livre de Cuisine series comprehensively covers the art of making desserts, pastries, candy, and other sweets. The book's 250 recipes are accompanied by 650 color photos, including a full-page, close-up photo of each finished dish. Cross-sectional drawings clearly display the internal "architecture" of some of the more complex creations.

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The second volume in the Grand Livre de Cuisine series comprehensively covers the art of making desserts, pastries, candy, and other sweets. The book's 250 recipes are accompanied by 650 color photos, including a full-page, close-up photo of each finished dish. Cross-sectional drawings clearly display the internal "architecture" of some of the more complex creations.

Après Le Grand Livre de cuisine, voici l'art des douceurs selon Alain Ducasse et Frédéric Robert. Pâtisserie, viennoiserie, boulangerie, confiserie, travail du chocolat, des glaces et des sorbets, des fruits et des arômes : rien n'y manque, tant les recettes classiques et les bases que des créations audacieuses portant la marque d'un style concentré et architecturé. Cette " cuisine du sucré " est en continuité parfaite avec l'art du salé ; un bon repas est un plaisir harmonieux, et l'arrivée du dessert ne doit provoquer aucune rupture dé ton. Ce livre à la fois technique, encyclopédique et inspiré est aussi un livre de gourmandise ouvert sur le monde, proposant de nombreux desserts d'ailleurs (Italie, monde anglo-saxon...). La structure de l'ouvrage, basée sur les ingrédients, reflète la philosophie d'Alain Ducasse : la technique ne doit pas dissimuler le produit mais le mettre en valeur, respecter sa nature propre. Au fil des recettes, on peut s'initier à ce savoir-faire à la fois ancien et nouveau, cultivant la justesse des proportions et laissant aux choses " le goût de ce qu'elles sont ". On évite l'excès de sucre, on recherche l'intensité des saveurs, la texture et la légèreté, la rapidité d'exécution. La pâtisserie est un art précis, mais aussi spontané et immédiat. Ce livre est la synthèse de la tradition pâtissière et de la modernité.

Patisserie gives readers all the technical know-how required to become an expert in the art of French patisserie and invent their own masterpieces. Each of the 100 recipes features a full-colour cross-section illustration, step-by-step photography and a beautiful hero image in order to both inspire the reader and demystify some of France’s most iconic desserts. Patisserie includes the basic building-block recipes needed to understand the fundamentals of French patisserie, from the pastry itself (shortcrust pastry, sweet pastry, puff pastry, choux pastry and more) to fillings (custards, creams, butters, mousses, ganaches and pastes) and embellishments (meringue, chocolate, sauces and sugar art). From simple treats like madeleines, financiers and cookies to more complex creations, like black forest cake, éclairs, croissants, macarons, lemon meringue pie, l’opera, mocha, croquembouche, charlotte, rum baba and more, Patisserie covers all of the French delicacies you could ever dream of.

Grand Finales The Art of The Plated Dessert by Tish Boyle and Timothy Moriarty Feast your eyes on the most exquisite and flavorful desserts created by fifty of the country's renowned pastry chefs in this groundbreaking new book, Grand Finales: The Art of The Plated Dessert. Authors Tish Boyle and Timothy Moriarty have written a book that will change the course of culinary history-they have formally identified the different "schools" of pastry in relation to the world of art and design. From Neo-Classicist to the Impressionist to the Modernist and Fusionist dessert, the result-a grand look at the extraordinary plated desserts being created today. As Michael Schneider, editor-in-chief of Pastry Art & Design and Chocolatier magazines, and creator of the book observes, "The concept of the plated dessert is best understood if you visualize tile plate as the canvas and the components as the medium with which the chefs æpaint.' Although beautiful presentation is integral to the concept, a plated dessert is created not so much as to be exhibited as to be eaten." In this enticing new book, each master pastry chef offers a delectable recipe, accompanied by an elegant four-color photograph of the transcendent work. We are also given a privileged look behind the scenes where chefs share their most guarded secrets. To all pastry lovers and aesthetes alike, the authors of Grand Finales: The Art of The Plated Dessert assure ultimate satisfaction or they will eat their hat-Eric GirTrd's creation of Humphrey Bogart's hat-that is.